Two sisters, one of whom donated a kidney to save the other’s life, celebrated Raksha Bandhan by tying Rakhi to each other. Doctors at Nanavati Max Super Speciality Hospital, where the sisters underwent the surgery, on the occasion appealed to citizens to come forward to register for organ donation to save the lives of organ-failure patients.

Divya S, a 47-year-old Lokhandwala resident, came to know that she was suffering from acute kidney failure by chance in July. Her sister Kusum, 51, said, “We go for walks every morning and Divya generally runs a little ahead. But that day she lagged behind and was sweating profusely.” The family was alarmed and Divya underwent a detailed physical evaluation, which revealed that she had chronic kidney failure, a disease in which the kidneys gradually lose their function and fail to remove toxic waste and fluids from the blood. As the contaminated blood reaches all the vital organs, it leads to multiorgan complications.